Nick Foles and the Eagles still own real estate in Tom Brady’s head

Tom Brady still has feelings about Nick Foles and the Philadelphia Eagles.

Never did I ever think, as a Philadelphia Eagles fan, I would spend a Sunday afternoon watching Tom Brady and Eli Manning’s bother play a game of charity golf on national television along with millions and millions of other captivated watchers around the world.

These are strange times, my friends.

And to make by afternoon all the more weirder, the Eagles were very well represented in TNT’s coverage of #TheMatch thanks to Hall of Fame quarterback, Nationwide endorsee, and potentially closet Philly fan, Peyton Manning.

When asked about how to psych out Brady, Manning initially suggested hiring his brother as a caddy. Brady, who was getting in a few practice swings, didn’t respond. Manning then evoked the name Nick Foles as an alternative option and suddenly, Brady’s entire posture changed. He swung around and declared, “That’s a cheap shot“.

It is indeed.

Later in the contest, when the topic of the Atlanta Falcons’ inability to close was broached, Brady responded that Tiger Woods ‘opted to wear the same colors’ before delivering an all-time quote that you need to hear to believe.

“It’s the Eagles that I cringe, bro. Not the Falcons.” My goodness, what does that even mean?

For his part, Foles himself got in on the action after being provoked, sending out a pair of tweets accepting a future caddy role and suggesting the use of the ‘Philly Special’ to take out Phil and Tom if they started to field a comeback.

Sidebar: How exactly would you do a Philly Special in a game of golf? Would one golfer attempt to hit the other’s ball to propel it forward? Would you strike the ball as if it was a cue ball in Pool? I have questions.

Ultimately, Tom Brady was not able to field a comeback and is officially 0-1 in the post-Bill Belicheck-era of his sports career. Does it really matter in the grand scheme of things? Eh, not really, but on this brutally slow sports day, learning that the greatest quarterback in NFL history is still hung up on a loss he suffered over two years ago at the hands of the Philadelphia Eagles is a much appreciated pick me up.